Demonstrations are increasing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in Kasai Central where militants of the ruling party UDPS / Tshisekedi expressed their dissatisfaction on Tuesday, June 13. Indeed, the latter stormed the headquarters of the Provincial Assembly of Kasai Central. Tires were burned inside and outside the office, a bus from this first provincial institution was even set on fire.
Their anger comes from the parliamentary controls aimed at the provincial ministers of Finance and that of Infrastructure. The demonstrators believe that the parliamentary controls are targeting the provincial governor because he is not on good terms with a group of provincial deputies who want to depose him as head of the province.
Driven to revolt by this situation, the militants of the UDPS/Tshisekedi decided to show their anger by storming the headquarters of the Provincial Assembly of Kasaï Central. The demonstrators accuse the provincial deputies of bad faith and of wanting to disqualify the Bureau of the Assembly by initiating a petition. These maneuvers are nothing new for the inhabitants of the region who have suffered the same acts of vandalism by members of the Sacred Union.
The members of the Office of the Provincial Assembly of Kasai Central were urgently summoned to Kinshasa by the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior, Daniel Aselo, during the latest demonstration. Faced with the recurrence of these acts of vandalism, the inhabitants of the region are once again worried.
The political situation in the DRC is unstable and these demonstrators are not the only ones to express their discontent. The country is regularly the scene of popular uprisings which express their fed up with a difficult economic and social situation. Prospects for change are not currently on the agenda, and the situation is likely to persist as long as the economic and political problems persist.